mpeebles wrote on Apr 29^th, 2020 at 8:45pm:

Yeah.....my dad used to tie the long ones to the side of the car using the door handles for tie downs.  We could only get out on one side of the car.  Great memories!    :)

  My Dad had a friend that made cane poles.
He would get them for free and we kids would test them out.

  I remember one year I being the oldest I got to test my Dad's friend's latest cane pole.

  He made a 2 piece one that used a ferrule of his own design. I was the envy of all the other kids.
  We rode our bikes to all the local lake/river fishing spots. Having a short 2 piece cane pole made for better hauling. I'd get to the fishing spot first and claim the best spot.  ;)

  That all changed the next year when the other kids got them too.  ;D ;D